Another Look At Gold And Gold Stocks

By AssetInflation:In our August 2011 article "Why Precious Metal Stocks Will Outshine Gold" we stated:
Gold is a great investment asset for the long term and has been that way for thousands of years. The attention paid to gold recently is legitimate and in no way a bubble as some pundits suggest. However, recognizing the value of gold as an investment, does not mean that buying the shiny metal directly is the best way to profit from the emerging long-term bullish trend.
Many factors are involved with establishing a market, and various relationships can be measured against gold to determine which is the best way to invest in the trend. In addition to the physical metal itself; there are ETFs, gold mining companies and sister metals like silver, platinum and palladium. Each relationship should be somewhat correlated to the overall trend with gold itself, however the variations of that correlation canComplete Story »

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By AssetInflation.com:Gold is a great investment asset for the long term and has been that way for thousands of years. The attention paid to gold recently is legitimate and in no way a bubble as some pundits suggest. However, recognizing the value of gold as an investment, does not mean that buying the shiny metal directly is the best way to profit from the emerging long-term bullish trend.

It’s been a bad 12 months for gold and silver prices.
However, the same can’t be said for the “other” precious metals, platinum and palladium.
A quick look at the year over year performance in the sector and you’ll see what I mean:

There’s only one precious metals trade this year that has delivered gains of nearly 20% and counting — and it’s not gold or even silver.
To get in on the precious metals story of 2014, you have to check out an often forgotten (but in-demand) metal that has soared way ahead of stocks and gold over the past five months…
I’m talking about palladium.

ByChristopher F. Davis:Central bank actions around the globe have essentially locked in the long-term trend of devaluation of national currencies while at the same time assuring a long-term bull market in precious metals.

ByBen Kramer-Miller:In response to a request to list my favorite gold mining stocks I decided to go one step further and to give an overview of my approach to precious metals investing. While I do list my favorite companies I also discuss the current state of the precious metals markets and my broader precious metals investing strategyI will discuss all four of the so-called precious metals.

By Dan Pritch:
By JT
When ETFSecurities launched its ETFS Physical Palladium Shares ETF (PALL), it set the ETF scene on fire. Even regulators worried that the ETF may corner the market for physical palladium, one of the rarest of the industrial metals.

Mark Anthony submits:I am a palladium bug, not a silver bug or gold bug. Although I do like silver and gold and I like all precious metal investments. My favorite remains palladium. But regardless what precious metal you like best, I urge all precious metal investors to own only physical metals and stocks of their favorite precious metal mining companies.